Cesarean section procedure in cattle
Subject Areas : Veterinary Soft and Hard Tissue Surgery
Khosro Safari Nikroo
1
,
Negin Rahimdoust Mozhdehi
2
,
Samaneh Ghasemi
3
1 - Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2 - Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
3 - Ferdosi University
Keywords: Cesarean, Dystocia, Cattle,
Abstract :
Cesarean operation is one of the oldest surgical procedures in veterinary medicine. In farm animals practice, especially in meat producing animals, this technique is a relatively frequent and performed when normal parturition is not possible. Dystocia is the most important reason for cesarean procedure and survival of the cow and the calf, and maintenance of fertility are the main aims of cesarean in cattle. In this article, the history of this technique has been briefly mentioned and the aim of this article is to describe the indications of cesarean, decision making for surgery, preparaton of the patient, different cesarian surgical approaches, as well as post-operative cares and complications in cattle.
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